Refrigerator



June 8 1926.

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A. E. DOYLE REFRIGERATOR 6 Filed Dec. 17 1924 2 sheets-sheet '2 F Z A?my k INVENTi ATTORNEY Patented June 8, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

AGNES E. DOYLE, OF ST. MARIES, IDAHO.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed December 17, 1924. Serial No. 756,612.

This invention relates to a refrigerator, the general object of theinvention being to provide means whereby the interior of therefrigerator is kept cool by the evaporation of water placed in porousbags arranged about the refrigerator.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the sev eral views, and in which Figure 1is a front view of the device.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view therethrough.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view showing the door of therefrigerator open and the top raised.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the water bags.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view on line 55 of Figure 4..

Figure 6 is a detail view.

In these views, 1 indicates a casing preferably formed of metal andwhich has its front 2 removably and hingedly connected at its lower edgewith the bottom of the case, as shown at 3. Slotted braces 4; areprovided for fastening the ends of the movable front to the inner sidewalls of the case. Removable shelves 5 may be placed in the case, saidshelves being formed of spaced metal bars. Bags or containers 6, formedof canvas or other porous material, are held against the sides and topof the case by sheets 7 of wire mesh so that when these bags are filledwith water the evaporation of water seeping through the walls of thebags will act to cool the interior of the case in the well known manner.A wooden base 7 is provided for the device and a perforated pan 8 isplaced in a recess 9 formed in the base, under the case, this pancatching some of the water escaping from the bags and this water willpass through the perforations and soak the wooden base and thus increasethe cooling effect due to the evaporation. One of the bags is secured tothe door or front 2 and the top bag 6 is carried by a plate 10 which isadapted to rest upon the top of the case and may be held thereon by thepins 11 engaging the holes 12. By removing this upper bag 6 the sidebags can be removed from their spaces formed by the walls of the caseand the wire mesh without difficulty. The top of each bag is formed by aflap 13 which is a continuation of one of the side walls of the bag andthe flap is held in closed position by the metal clip let engaging theabutting edges of the flap and one of the side walls of the bag. Eachbag is provided with a ring 15 at its upper end so that the bag can besuspended from hooks such as 16, or other suspension means. Latch means17 are provided for holding the door 2 in closed position and handles 18may be arranged on the base to facilitate handling of the device.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple andinexpensive refrigerator, the contents of which are kept cool by theevaporation of water contained in the canvas bags which surround thecase.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features 00 of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A refrigerator including a metal case, a wooden basetherefor having its upper face recessed, a perforated pan arrangedwithin said recessed base, a movable front for the case hinged to thebottom thereof, absorbing elements arranged at the sides, ends and topof said case with the side and end elements extending into theperforated pan as and for the purpose specified.

2. A refrigerator including a metal body, a wooden base having itsupperface recessed, a shallow perforated pan arranged within t erecessed bas he p of said body having a plurality of holes therein, aremovend elements depending into the perforated able plate, downwardlydepending pins on pan and sheets of wire-mesh arranged over said plateadapted to engage the holes within the absorbing elements to retain themin po- 10 the top of the body, a movable front for the sition relativeto the body of the refrigerabody hinged to the bottom of said body,abtor.

sorbing elements arranged at the sides, ends In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

and the top of the body with the sides and AGNES E. DOYLE.

